Great Organization Tips?

As corny as those calendar organizers appear, they really do help to establish a schedule and system for staying focused. Not knowing if you are a teacher or student keeps me from being really specific, but good organization skills can be implemented by anyone.

Maintaining a schedule is key. Listing things that need to be accomplished at the beginning of the day can help you manage time. But also remember to build into your schedule time for fun, exercise and relaxation. Otherwise, you will find yourself terribly stressed.

The office supply stores have a lot of different organizing systems to choose from. Spend some time there perusing the choices.

Good luck

Steps [edit]Get a binder or a file case. Try to get one with a good amount of pockets, one pocket at least. One pocket can hold pencils, pens, highlighters, markers – pretty much any writing utensils. Then you have the whole inside of the binder to put your notebooks, folders, assignment book or important papers. Extra pockets are always great too!

Get any supplies that you may need and don’t have. Being prepared is important. Even if that certain item wasn’t on the supply list, you should get it if you really feel you need it, such as a portable pencil sharpener. If you have one, you won’t have to ask the teacher to use that loud annoying sharpener that he/she has. They really do disturb the class. If you are going to use mechanical pencils, get some lead. Get anything you may need. As they say, “better safe, than sorry.”

Go through folders and get rid of papers you no longer need. Having all of those extra papers that you got back a month ago in your folder will make it heavy. It may bend and tear. But worst of all, you won’t be able to find papers when you need them. Put all graded papers in a separate folder when you clean out the folders from school. So that way, if a teacher says you didn’t turn in worksheet 2.0, you go back home, get it out of the folder you keep graded work in, and show it to her the next day. To summarize this up if you don’t understand – Clean out the folders you do use, put all graded work that you cleaned out in an extra folder or binder, keep it under your bed or in your closet.

Clean out your locker. If you have a locker, it may get messy. A lot of schools make you have a locker partner. It may not be too fun, but if you work something out it won’t be so bad. See if the school and your locker partner (if you have one) will allow you can bring in a shelf. That way, you can put books on one, extra papers or supplies and your locker partner can have a section of the shelf too! But before you install that shelf, clean out any papers you don’t need. You may find that missing homework assignment. You never know!

Get a planner. Planners are very helpful. Most schools sell them, but some don’t. Buy your own if the school doesn’t provide one. Write down homework, tests, club meeting dates, anything that you need to know or anything you may forget.

Put papers in folders. This may seem obvious, but put any papers you need to keep in its subject folder. Don’t let loose papers mangle about. Take those extra seconds and put them in a folder. That way, you’ll have them when you need them.

Get in to habbits.

Get used to doing things the right way.

Alwayse do the same thing when it comes to home work and studying so your body will know when its time to get serious.